An HR analyst builds a $400/hour AI consulting practice on evenings and weekends. She never tells her employer. There's no moonlighting policy. Then her manager finds it on LinkedIn and raises concerns about loyalty, distraction, and whether she's using the company's AI tools for personal gain. So what can HR actually restrict?

Rebecca Taylor sits down with Miriam Chan, Head of Global People Operations at Marrow, to unpack one of the most current employee relations scenarios in HR: moonlighting in the AI era, when the side hustle is legal, the policy doesn't exist, and "loyalty" isn't a policy violation.

In this episode:

Why the first question isn't about the employee, it's about the manager's motivation
The acceptable use policy problem: most were written before AI tools existed
What "loyalty" and "distraction" actually mean when there's no performance issue
How to build a moonlighting policy with a product manager's mindset: discovery first, then define the problem
Why moonlighting almost always signals an unmet need: skills, compensation, or a career pivot
The double-dipping line: when side work touches your company's customers

Sometimes the employee broke no rule and the company still has a real problem. This episode is about closing the gap before it becomes a conflict.

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No Moonlighting Policy, No Violation, Still a Problem w/ Miriam Chan of Miro

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No Moonlighting Policy, No Violation, Still a Problem w/ Miriam Chan of Miro